Hikayat (Jawi: حكاية) - an Arabic word that literally translates to "stories" - is a form of Malay literature which relate the adventures of heroes from kingdoms across the Malay archipelago (spanning modern Indonesia and Malaysia, especially in Sumatra) or chronicles of their royalty. The stories they contain, though based on history, are heavily romanticized. Poetical format is not required in Malay and Arabic Hikayat while the Acehnese Hikayat requires it. This is a list of hikayat. 14th century Hikayat Bayan Budiman Bayan 1371 (MS 1852) Hikayat Raja-raja Pasai Pasai ±1390 (MS 1815) 15th century Hikayat Muhammad Hanafiah MH ±1450 (MSS <1624, <1682) Hikayat Amir Hamzah 16th century Hikayet Deva Mandu Hikayat Seri Rama Rama unknown (MS <1633) (A Ramayana translation into Malay) Hikayat Inderaputera Ind <1600 (MS 1600) (Hikayat Indraputra) Hikayat Iskandar Zulkarnain Isk <1600 (MS ±1830) Qasidah al-Burdah QB unknown (MS <1604) `Aqâ´id al-Nasafî AN 1590 (MS ditto) Syair Hamzah Fansuri HF late 16th century (MSS early 17th century - 1853) 17th century Spraek en Woord-Boek SWB 1603 Taj al-Salatin (Dewan) TS.D 1603 (MS ±1775) Taj al-Salatin (Roorda) TS.R 1603 Hikayat Aceh Aceh ±1625 (MS ±1675) Cerita Kutai Kutai 1625 (MS 1849) Bustan al-Salatin BS 1640 (MS >1807) Hujjat al-Siddîq HS 1641-1644 (MS 1772) Hikayat Tanah Hitu Hitu 1650 (MS <1662) Hikayat Ibrahim ibn Adham IbrA ±1650 (MS 1775) Hikayat Pelanduk Jenaka Pel unknown (MS ±1650) Sejarah Melayu SM ±1650 (MS 1808) Hikayat Banjar dan Kota Waringin Banj 1663 (MS 1810) Tarjumân al-Mustafîd TM 1642-1693 (MS ±1675) Bab Takzir BT ±1680 (MS <1753) Hikayat Ibrahim ibn Adham (short) IbrA.s 1689 (MS 1817) Raja Babi (1775) 18th century Asal Bangsa Jin & Dewa-Dewa ABJD ±1700 (MS 1855) Hikayat Hang Tuah Tuah 1700 (MS 1849) Hikayat Patani Pat 1730 (MS 1839) Surat al-Anbiya' Anb ±1750 Syair Bidasari Bid ±1750 (MS 1825) Risalah Shihabuddin RS 1750s (MS 1823) Risalah fi 'l-Tawhid RT 1760s (MS 1783) Misa Melayu Misa ±1780 (MS 1836) Hikayat Nakhoda Muda Nakh 1788 (MS <1791) Hikaaitaan - Hikayats by Guru Gobind Singh (1704) 19th century Hikayat Perintah Negeri Benggala PNB 1811 (MS 1811) Syair Sultan Maulana Maul ±1815 (MS 1825) Syair Sinyor Kosta Kosta 1820 Syair Raja Tedung dengan Raja Katak T&K unknown (MS ±1865) Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa MW ±1821 (MS 1898) Surat Keterangan Syeikh Jalaluddin SJal >1821 (MS <1829) Silsilah Perak Perak ±1826 Syair Kerajaan Bima Bima ±1830 (MS 1857) Syair Dagang Berjual-Beli DBB 1831 Syair Potong